Responsiveness to Public Salience

Questions/Motionsi,j,tIssue Saliencej,t+Controlsi,j,t+ϵi,j,t

Picture Substantive interpretation: For every 1 percentage point increase in public salience of a given issue, representatives respond by raising approximately 1.42 questions and 0.49 early day motions about the same issue (in the Bayesian estimates).

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Responsiveness to Public Salience Questions/Motions i , j , t ∼ Issue Salience j ′ , t + Controls i , j , t + ϵ i , j , t Substantive interpretation : For every 1 percentage point increase in public salience of a given issue, representatives respond by raising approximately 1.42 questions and 0.49 early day motions about the same issue (in the Bayesian estimates).